Since admitting his roots, he has resigned from his party. Last week Jobbik asked for him to give up his seat in the European Parliament. They insist however that alleged bribery is at the heart of them asking him to leave, rather than his Jewish roots.

In a recording from 2010, Mr Szegedi is allegedly congronted with evidence of his roots. Upon hearing the news, Mr Szegedi offers money in exchange for keeping quiet. Mr Szegedi has insisted while a conversation took place, the tape was altered.

Gabor Vona, the Jobbik president, said: "We have no alternative but to ask him to return his EU mandate.

"Jobbik does not investigate the heritage of its members or leadership, but instead takes into consideration what they have done for the nation".

Mr Szegedi has repeatedly used anti-Semitic rhetoric in the past and also got attention when in 2009 he attended the first session of the European parliament in a uniform of the Hungarian Guard, a paramilitary branch of Jobbik which has since been banned.

Upon discovering his roots he said: "I think that what counts is not to know who is a pure race Hungarian, the important thing is the way one behaves as a Hungarian."

"To be Hungarian for me has always been a responsibility (towards my country), that has nothing to do with racial supremacy."

He has reportedly met with a rabbi from Hungary's Orthodox community, in which he apologised for any statements that may have offended the Jewish community and vowed to visit Auschwitz.